You could also check out Pacific Mount...
http://www.pacificmount.com/
These work pretty well - just adhere the photo to the mount and it's
ready to hang. You may have to rethink your cropping, though, as they
don't come 12x18.
http://www.pacificmount.com/products/wall-mounts
-p
On 6/3/2017 2:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Awesome! Thanks. That seems to be the way to go.
John Francis wrote:
Larry Colen Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:55:46 -0700 wrote:
One problem with not being an artist is that I don't know squat about
displaying and selling my photos. I tend to carry them around in an
itoya
portfolio book updating the selection as I go. I was talking with some
friends who have a shop in town that sells art and ukuleles about them
trying to sell some of my photos. I've also thought that at some
point I
should put together some pieces to show.
Pat and Julie told me that you can't just sell prints, they need to be
mounted well enough that people can just hang them on the wall.
Can people give me pointers to cost effective ways of going about
this? I
tried stopping by the local art store, but most of my prints are
12x18 or
4x6 and they simply don't have much that work with those form factors.
Golden State Art in South San Francisco have 16x20 mats pre-cut for
12x18.
They'll sell you a pack of 100 for $153 (if you want either black or
white),
or they'll custom cut 16x20 mats for $2.89 each (minimum quantity 10)
if you want something other than the standard 11.5 x 17.5 cutout.
They also offer a matboard + backing + re-sealable clear bag for $3.35
For 6x4 they have 5x7 pre-cut mats (200 for $49.50 - now on sale for
$37).
They'll also sell you backing board, foam board, or just about anything
to do with framing. If it's the place I think it is, I bought some mats
from them many years ago, but couldn't remember the name of the company.
Fortunately I had a rough idea where they were located, and that, plus
a bit of Google searching, eventually came up with Golden State Art.
Once I get around to printing, I expect I'll be patronising them again.
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